Title :
Room-temperature tunable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on degenerate four-wave mixing effect in dispersion-shifted fiber
Author :
Han, Young-Geun ; Lee, Sang Bae
Author_Institution :
Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a stably tunable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on degenerate four-wave mixing in dispersion-shifted fibers at room temperature. The lasing wavelength can be continuously controlled by the polarization controller
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser stability; laser tuning; multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; 293 to 298 K; degenerate four-wave mixing; dispersion-shifted fiber; erbium-doped fiber laser; multiwavelength laser; polarization controller; room temperature; tunable laser; Dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Four-wave mixing; Laser modes; Laser stability; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Temperature; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215522
